Horseshoe attachment.



F. R. HATCH.

HORSESHOB ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. 1910.

981,559, Patented Jan.10,1911

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FREEMAN R. HATCH, OF EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. im, 191i.

application ined muy i910. serial no. 573,271.

To all 'whom may concern:

lie it known that l, FREEMAN R. HATCH, a citizen of the lnited States,residing at East Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth and State of hlassachusetts, have invented new and useful improvements in HorseshoeAttachments, of which the followingl is a specification.

rhis invention relates to improvements in attachments for horseshoes,and has for its object the provision of an anti-slipping device whichmay be tiXedly secured to a horseshoe, while 'the latter is in positionon the animals hoof.

.another object is the provision of an attachment which is frictionallyheld in engagement with a horseshoe, whereby the employment of nails andother analogous fastening means which are usually employed to securedevices of this kind to a horseshoe, will be eliminated.

lilith these and other objects in view, which will more fullyhereinafter appear, the present invention consists in certain noveldetails of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fullydescribed, illustratetil in the accompanying drawings, and moreparticularly pointedout in the appended claims; it being understood thatvarious changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of thedevice may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, Withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of theinvention.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification ,-Figurel is a plan view of the device showing it applied to a horseshoe. Fig. 2is a detail cross section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout.

The horseshoe is designated in general by the numeral 5 and since thesame is of wellknown construction a detail description thereof need notbe given.

The device forming the subject matter of the present invention includesa pair of sections G and 7 pivotally united at one end, as shown at Sand when in operative position conforms to the configuration of thehorseshoe 5. The sections 6 and 7 are of metal and each corresponds inlength approximately to the distance between the middle portion and oneof the heel calks of an ordinary horseshoe, and in width and thickness,corresponds approximately to the width and thickness of the portions ofan ordinary horseshoe included between the heel and toe calks. Byreference now to Fig. l it will be seen that the sections 6 and 7 arecurved their outer sides conforming to the contig'- uration of the innerside of the horseshoe 5 so that when positioned as shown in Fig. l withthe pivotal point 8 in alinement with the middle portion of the calk ofthe horseshoe 5 the faces of the sections will be coincident with theupper and lower faces of the horseshoe.

rlhe free end portions of the sections G and 7 are held in spacedrelation by means of a hairpin-shaped spring 9, the opposite terminalsof which are anchored in the inner faces of the free end portions of thesections 6 and 7 and the medial portion of which is coiled, and liesadjacent to the pivotal point 8 of the sections 6 and 7. rthe springacts to hold the outer sides of the sections G and 7 in engagement withthe inner side of the horseshoe during the operation of positioning thedevice. ln order to prevent accidental disengagement of the device afterthe same has been applied the following construction is employed.

By reference now to Fig. l it will be seen that extending inwardly fromthe inner side of the section 7 is a cross bar l0, the free end portionof which is screw threaded as shown at 1l. Arranged on the inner side ofthe section 6 and at a point diametrically opposite to the point ofconnection between the cross bar l0 and section 7 is a bushing 12, whichreceives the free end portion of the cross bar 10. Screwed onto thethreaded portion of the cross bar l1 is a collar 3, one end of whichbears on the bushing 12 this collar operating to move the free endportion of the cross bar out of the socket when turned in one direction,thus increasing the friction between the surfaces of the sections 6 and7 and the horseshoe.

By reference now to the drawings it will be seen that the sections 6 and7 are provided adjacent to their opposite ends with plates 14- and l5,these plates extending outwardly and bearing on the lower face of theshoe 5. The plates are of such length that their outer' ends will extendto the outer edge of the shoe 5, and depending from the lovver faces ofthe plates are calks 1G. The calks 1G may be of any preferredconstruction formed' integral or otherwise secured to the plates 15.

From the foregoing, it is evident that I have provided a device which iscomparatively simple in'l structure and inexpensive in manufacture,embodying few parts and these so arranged that the danger of derangementWill be reduced to a minimum.

l. An attachment for h'orseshoes comprising a pair of spring-pressedmembers pivoted together at Vone end and having their outer sidesconforming to the inner side of a horseshoe, callrs attached to saidmembers, and means for holding the outer sides of a horseshoe, calksattached to said members,

and extensible means for holding the outer side of said member inbinding engagement With the inner side of a horseshoe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

FREEMAN R. HATCH.

Witnesses GEORGE HUDSON, FRED L. KEITH.

